Italy observation tower
Tower of Esino
You can see 114 km from here, looking west.
Calculating the panorama…
Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.
The view
Up to 114 km away.
Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.
Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).
- 114 kmFarthest ridgelooking west
- 82%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 58Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 950 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 58 peaks you can name from here
From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.
From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.
The sun
The best sunsets are from July to September.
When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.
- Jansouth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Febwest20 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Marwest12 min before the sea-level sunset27%
- Aprwest12 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Maynorth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset23%
- Junnorth-west30 min before the sea-level sunset29%
- Julnorth-west24 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Augwest16 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Sepwest22 min before the sea-level sunset35%
- Octwest12 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Novsouth-west20 min before the sea-level sunset27%
- Decsouth-west18 min before the sea-level sunset26%
- Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
- Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
- %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).
The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.
The place
Tower of Esino.
XII century defensive tower in Esino Lario, Lecco
Tower of Esino is an observation tower in Italy, 950 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 114 km away, looking west.
58 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Dufourspitze (4,634 m), 114 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 82% of the circle.
The skies are clearest from July to September.
Get there and stay
- Going upCheck the opening hours before you go: towers and decks close in bad weather.
- San Pietrocampsite · 2.7 km · 15 within 10 km
- Hotel Suisseplace to stay · 5.9 km · 193 within 10 km
- Esino Larionearest town · 0.4 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in Esino LarioBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Lugano Airport (LUG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 33 km in a straight lineCar hire at BGY airport (Orio al Serio)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The viewpoint and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 31other viewpoints within 5 kmCroce del Gallo, Croce di Brentalone, Hotel Eremo Gaudio and 28 more
- 44named peaks within 5 kmGrigna Settentrionale, Pizzo dei Cich, Zucco della Colla and 41 more
- 6cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmMargno, Pian delle Betulle and 4 more
- 15marked trails within 3 kmCainallo - Rifugio Bietti, Esino - Rifugio Brioschi, Cresta di Piancaformia - Rifugio Brioschi and 12 more
- 8shelters and huts within 5 kmBivacco 89a Brigata Poletti, Bivacco Baitello dell'amicizia, bivacco Alpe D'esino and 5 more
- 45car parks within 3 km
- 5visitor centres within 5 kmUfficio turistico, I Viaggi del Tivano, Ufficio informazioni Crandola e Alta Valsassina and 2 more
- 19restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 15campsites within 10 kmSan Pietro, Camping La Fasana, Luxury Lodge and 12 more
- 193places to stay within 10 kmHotel Suisse, Hotel Belvedere, Grand Hotel Victoria and 190 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
What you see from Tower of Esino, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas274 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Forestyas5 forests and trees within 15 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Canyonyas2 canyons within 20 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 km
Cascadyas15 waterfalls within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Tower of Esino
Italy
- 58Viewyas Score
- 114 kmFarthest ridge
- 58Peaks in view
- 950 mAltitude
Monte Moregallo
Italy · 15 km
- 75Viewyas Score
- 249 kmFarthest ridge
- 646Peaks in view
- 1,246 mAltitude
Monte Resegone
Italy · 19 km
- 76Viewyas Score
- 249 kmFarthest ridge
- 1,140Peaks in view
- 1,842 mAltitude
Punta Caldera
Italy · 21 km
- 76Viewyas Score
- 248 kmFarthest ridge
- 944Peaks in view
- 1,284 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q27064261) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Forestyas, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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